I thoroughly enjoyed working for Masonicare. The staff on my floor were team players and very helpful when needed. I would go back in a heartbeat. I worked with the geriatric psychiatric population and there was never a dull moment.

The culture began to go downhill with the new CEO ~ 3 years ago. Management backed the administration and not the employee. There was never a true merit based compensation system, everyone got either 2% across the board, or no increase. The organization is "not for profit" bur you wouldn't know it by the culture which pushed for more and more revenue to meet an unrealistic budget. Even if your affiliate made money, it was penalized with budget cuts for the other areas who didn't tow the line.

The expectation to be able to manage your own schedule is grossly inaccurate. Drive all day to five or more different towns most days. Hours of extra work at home even when doing all documentation during visits. No room for advancement and the company continually talks about finances which is concerning and leads one to think they are not going to stay functioning. Work culture is awful most nurses are over stressed and not satisfied in their work.

Working as a massage therapist for hospice, you receive no benefits. You are paid only per session. The fee per session is ok as long as you keep sessions short. The fee is not even close to being good for an hour session. I was constantly doing notes on the computer, and often I was told my notes weren't good enough and told to do them again. If I took how much I made per week and divided it by how many hours I actually spent calling patients, driving back and forth, seeing patients and doing notes, I made about $11hr.The fee received is supposed to be for massage session and time used to write notes. You must hand write notes in patients files and also type up clinical notes in the Masonicare system. You must also hand write notes for patients hospice files that are at the main office and turn them in weekly.Weekly notes are also needed for IDT meetings. IDT meetings are very long.Massage therapy pay is based on an amount of money set aside by Masonicare's charity, The tree of Life foundation. The massage therapist is told how many sessions that can be done every week.Sometimes my case load of patients was 15 and a few times, it got into the 40's.When more people were requesting massage therapy, it made it hard to see other patients as often. The massage therapist is responsible for recommending how many times per month a patient is to be seen. The job is very rewarding and I met so many wonderful people.I felt like I was constantly defending the need for massage for hospice patients to many medical professionals.The nurses and social workers on the Hospicemore... team are all wonderful and caring people. The same cannot be said about others at various nursing homes and some at MHC.I was also often treated like my job was a joke by and it was very hurtful.less

Pros

Make your own schedule, meeting and getting to know patients, doing something nice for someone who really needs it

People are nice at Masonicare friendly kind summer rude but that comes with the territory working with your employees there’s a lot of tension and stress but I guess that’s everywhere talk make friends with most important I like working there working with the residence make them smile keep them cheerful

i loved my job here however the supervisor mde my job impossible, she belittled me in front of coworkers, offered no training but was so abrasive if i did not understand a task. she was just mean and had a reputation for picking on other women

My typical day at work consist of assisting residents with daily living.I learned how to have a whole lot of patience, compassion and understanding. When I leave my job I know that my residents was happy with the care they received.

Working with an incredible team of hard working and mission driven professional people. Everyday is a challenge and a tight balancing act d/t the downsizing of the department. Teamwork and multi tasking is the only option for getting the job done. Heavy phone contacts, being able to handle all areas of the organization not only admissions. Handles all LOC from LTC, STR, acute settings and marketing both internally and externally for the entire organization.

I’ve worked for Masonicare for close to 10 years as an RN. The culture and mission has changed drastically over the past 2 years. Little support from management/ understaffed. Unappreciated/low compensation. Culture is to pacify. Management is reactive not proactive . Poor retention for nurses. Not the worst place but there are better opportunities for nurses in area.

learn a lot from my job as I work within a care home and so much happens, love working with people Home Care focusoed on the elderly. Extensive training was provided for all employees. Expectation was fair and achievable. It was originally a small company that expeirience a great deal of growth over a short period of time.

Needs more advancement within the nursing education and empowering nurses at the bedside to bring evidence based practice and advance clinical skills within the hospital units. Management should listen to staff at the microsystem level because improvements at this level will enhance patient care and safety which will improve patient outcomes and also make staff happy.

The benefits are wonderful and the HR team is wonderful. We always have enough supplies. The only draw back to Masonicare is each manager I have had except one worked as friends instead of leaders. I choose to work hard and then go home to my family and friends. I do not want to be facebook friends or go to my bosses house to buy leggings or jewlery. This has impacted almost all of my positions with Masonicare.